Stencil-cutting machine.



G. REMNSNIDER.

STENCIL CUTTING MACHINE. APPLICATICN FILED FEBJ, 1913.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

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WITNESSES: Ml VE IV TOR lam/mg G REMNSNIDER. STENCIL CUTTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 1, 191a.

Patentd Mar. '16, 1915.

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G. REMNSNIDER.

STENCIL CUTTING MACHINE. 7 APPLICATION FILED- PEB.1, 1913. I Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

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G. REMNSNIDER. STENCIL CUTTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED PEB.1, 1913.

1,131,956. Patented Mar.16,1915.

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State of Illinois,

detail of. construction Fig.

GEORGE EEMNSNIDER, 0F IBELLEVELLE,

ILL QIS, .ASMGN O DEAL STE E MACHINE COMPANY, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS, h CORPORATION QF ILLINOEL STENCIL-CUTTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

Applicatiomfiled February 1, 19 13. fierieLNp. 745,544.

T all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that LGnoneE RnMNsNmnR, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Belleville, county of St. Clair, have'invented a certain new and useful Stencil-Cutting Machine, of whichthe following is such a full,.clear, and exact description as will enable any one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification.

The object of my invention is to improve the general construction of stencil machines, and particularly to improve the feeding mechanism by which the card-boarder other material from which the stencil is formed is controlled.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate one form of machine made .in accordance with my invention, Figure l is-a topplan view; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view; Fig. 3 is a side elevation; :Fig. 4 is a front elevation; ,Fig. 5 is an enlarged section taken on ,the line .55 of Fig. '4; Fig. 6 is a section taken on the .linel66 of 5; Fig. .7 is asectiontaken on the line ,77 of Fig.6; Fig. '8 is a Section showing a detail of construction; Figs. 9 and 10 are enlarged detail views of one of the coils surrounding the punch shanks; Fig. 11 is a bottom plan view. of a portion ofthe feeding mechanism; Fig. l2isa section taken onthe line 12 12 of Fig. 11; Fig. 13 is a section showingthe 14 is .a sectional uiew through the central part of the machine taken on the line 14-114 of Fig. ,2; Fig. 15 is a section taken lon the line 15-415 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 16 is .a sectional .view

showing the detail of construction taken on .the line 16-l-6 of Fig. 1.

Like marks of reference referto similar parts in the several views o-fthe drawings.

The casing of the machine consists of a lower partner .base, 20, and an upper part The base 20 carries a spider-22, shown in detailin Fig.2, in which is secured a central post or stud 23. Rotatahly mounted uponthe stud 23 is a member 24 which carries the dies 25, as best shown in Fig. 13, .the dies being secured to themem'ber 24 by means of screws 26. Carried .by the member 24 is a flange 27, l'icst shown in J4. To

thisflan re 27. an annular member 28 is secu ed y .screw fl tas h t h n i F g This member 28 is provided with a double flange 30 in which is slidingly mountedthe shanks of the punches 31 which are adapted ,to cooperate with the dies hereinbefore refierred to. The punches 31 are normally no held in their raised position by .means of coil springs 32 which hear, at their lower ends, on the lower flange and, at their upper ends, on collars 33 which ,are secured around the shanks of the punches .by Q5 eans oflugs 34. Each of .t hecollars 33 is provided with an upwardly and laterally .eXtend1ngport1on-35 having a semisciroular opening 36 adapted .to embrace the-stem of the next succeeding punch and thus hold the punches in proper alinernent with rela- I than to the dies. In order to rotate the members 24 and 28, I secure to the member 28, bymeans of screws 37 ,ahand ,wheel 38. Surrounding the upper end ofthc stud 23 is a hub 3.9 which is secured in position by uneans of a set screw 40, as shown in Figs.

1 and.3. This hub 39 is provided with ,an o l hole 41 for-supplying oil to thecentral stud 23, the oil after passing down around the stud 23, collects inan annular groove 42in a central boss carried by the spider 22 so as to supply lubrication for the revolving members 24 and 28. Projecting at an angle from thehub 39 is an arm 143 carrying a hub 44. Securedin the hub 44.by means of a set screw .45 is a sleeve 46 carrying a dial 4? upon which are marked the variouscharacters corresponding to the punches and dies in the machine. Passing through the sleeve 46 is a short shaft 48 having attached ,to ,oneend a pointer 49 and at the other a bevel gear wheel 50 which meshes with a *bevel gear wheel 51 formed on the upper face of the flange-2 7. Itwill be evident that .1: by rotating the hand wheel 38 not only will the punch and dies be rotated, but the pointer 49 will he moved on the dial 47 to indicate the character which is in operative position. At the center of the front of the machine, .a sliding block 53 is set into the upper part 21 of the casing, .as best shown in Figs. 1 and 7. This sliding block 5:3 is provided g with aprojecting portion 154which is adapted to bear upon the upper end otthe punch stem 31 and thusforce the p mchstem down into the to,out-;the sheet which is held .in-the feeding anechanismas will he herenafte des ribed f'Ehe 9 k is provid d with roller which engages with a cam slot 56 in a sliding plate 57. This plate 57 is pivoted at 58 to a handle 59. The handle 59 is, in turn, pivoted at 60 to a link 61 pivoted at 62 to the casing 21. It will be evident that by forcing the handle 59 downwardly, the sliding plate 57 will be moved forward so as to cause the cam slot 56 to operate on the roller 55 and depress the punch stem. In order to limit the move ment of the plate 57, I provide the rear face of the same, with the projection 52, best shown in Fig. 6 of the] drawings. This projection is adapted to strike against an adjustable stop 67 to limit its movement in one direction and against a second adjustable stop 106 to limit its movement in the opposite direction.

In order to limit the movement of the sliding plate 57 to secure a half feed, I pivot to the handle 59 a finger piece 63 which is connected by means of a link 64 with a detent 65 adapted to be thrown into the path of a pin 66 carried on the link 61. Carried on the rear face of the sliding plate 57 is a block 68 sliding on a rod 69 carried by the casing. Surrounding this rod 69 is a coil spring 7 0 which is adapted to return the plate to its normal position afterit has been actuated by the handle 59.

' In order to properly center the character punches before the characters are cut by meansof the punches and dies, I pivot to the casing 21, adjacentto the sliding block 53, an arm 71, best shown in Fig. 5. This arm 71 is provided with a. semi-circular recess 72 for embracing one of the punch stems 31 so as to properly center the rotating portion of the machine. Pivoted to the arm 71 is a'link 73, the opposite end of which is pivoted to a short lever 7 1 provided with an antifriction roll 75 adapted to be operated by the inclined end 76 of the plate 57 hereinbefore referred to. The arm 71, link 73 and lever 74 are returned to their normal position by means of a coil spring 77 surrounding the link 73 and bearj of the mg upon a projecting portion of the casing 21. Formed in the plate 57 is a slot 78 which is formed, as best shown in Fig. 5, so as to leave an inclined face acting as a cam to actuate the roller 79 carried by av lever 80. This lever 80 is pivoted to a block 81 which is secured by means of a bolt 82 and a nut 83 to a-plate 8 1 which covers the main portion of the sliding plate 57, as best shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The bolts 82 passes through an elongated slot in the.

plate 8 1 so that the lever 80 may be ad usted to a slight. distance in the direction plate 57 so as to adjust the timing of the feeding mechanism because of wear or any other reason. The end of the lever '80 is pivoted to a link 86 which is in turn pivoted to-a lever 87, which, in turn is pivoted to a link 88, leading to a bell crank lever 89, as best shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 4. The connection between the lever 88 and the bell crank lever 89 is such that there is a pivot 90 giving movement ina vertical plane and a pivot 91 giving movement in a horizontal plane. The bell crank 'lever. 89 is pivoted to a member 93. The member 93 is provided'with a vertical shaft 94: which is pivoted in the bearing 95 carried by the base 20 of the casing. The block 93 has slidingly mounted in it a shaft 96 which leads to the feeding mechanism. This shaft 96 is surrounded by a segment 97 which is provided with bevel teeth 98 engaged with similar bevel teeth 99 on one end of the bell crank lever 89, as best shown in Fig.

4- of the drawings. The shaft 96 is adapted to slide longitudinally through the sector 97 but to be incapable of rotation independently thereof. The opposite end of the shaft 96 is secured to a crank100 adjacent to a bearing 101 which is pivoted to the lower face of the casting 102, which is best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Secured to the crank 100 by horizontal and vertlcal pivots 103 and 104, respectively, is link 105 which leads to the feeding mechanism which will now be described.

The link 105 is pivoted to a lever 110, best shown in Figs. 11 and 12. This lever 110 surrounds a short shaft 111 carrying ratchet wheels 112 and 113 respectively. The shaft 111 also has secured to it a coil spring-114 and a gear wheel 115, the purpose of which is to operate the feeding'mechanism in a longitudinal direction, as will be hereinafter more fully described. Pivoted to the lever 110 is a pawl 116 which engages with the ratchet wheel 112. The ratchet wheel 112 is normally prevented from return movement by means of a pawl 117 surrounding a rock shaft 118 in the casting 102. The rock shaft 118'has secured to it an arm 119 and a handle 120. When the handle 120 is operated to rock the shaft 118, the arm 119 comes into contact with pins 121 and 122 'on the pawls 116 and ,117 respectively. It will be obviousthat when the link 105 is actuated through the movement of the main handle 59 of the machine, the shaft 111 will be rotated. In the normal operation of the machine, the link 105 moves a sufficient distance to rotate the shaft 111 through an angle represented by two of the teeth of the ratchet wheel 112. In order to prevent over rotation of the shaft 111, the ratchet wheel 113 is adapted to be engaged by a pawl 123.

It is, however, necessary to hold this pawl out of engagement with the ratchet wheel 113 until just before the end of the feed stroke. In order to accomplish this, I provide the lever 110, hereinbefore referred to, with a cam face 124., which normally holds the pawl 123 out of engagement with the sleeve 140 will serve as Fig. 2 of the drawings.

wheel, as shown in Fig. 11.

of the stencil sheet is the opposite ends of When, however, the end of the stroke is reached, the cam. face will move out'of engagement with the pawl and allow the same to engage the wheel 113 and thus prevent over rotation. The

gear wheel 115 carried by the shaft 111 engages with a rack128 on the edge of a feed plate 129. This feed plate 129 is slidingly mounted in the casting 102, as best shown in Fig. 15 of the drawings. The plate is held in the groove by means of a pair of plates 130 which extend backwardly and form the main portion of the table of the machine, and also by cover plate 131, which covers the gear wheel 115 of the feed mechanism. The feed plate 129 has secured to it a sheet metal strip 132 having a raised portion 133 forming a shoulder against which the edge adapted to be placed.

The stencil sheet 185. Fig. 15, is clamped against the sheet metal strip 132 by means of a curved clamping member 136 which is hinged to the plate 129 and held against the stencil sheet by means of coil springs 137, Fig. l. A finger piece 138 is used for,

releasing the clamping member'136. In

.order to limit the movement of the feed carried by a block 142 secured by screws 1 13 to the casting 102.

The sleeve projects into the path of the pins 139 and bears at each end against coil springs 144:. lt will be evident fromthis construction that the a bumper and ab sorb the shock when the feed plate 129 is moved to the end of its travel either through operation of the handle or by releasing the feed mechanism. The feed table, formed by the casting 102 and the plates 130, is carried by a pair of sleeves 146 which are secured by set screws 147 in lugs 148 depending from the casting 102. The rear end of this sleeve 146 slides in lugs 1 19 depending from the base 20' of the machine. Secured within the sleeve 146 are coil springs 150, which are secured to the base of the machine, as best shown in Thesesprings 150, therefore, tend to move the entire feed table inwardly toward the center of the machine. In order to hold the table at dilferent dis tances from the body of the machine, a rock shaft 151 is mounted in lugs 152 and 153 depending from the casting 102. This rock shaft 151 has secured to it a plate 154, best shown in Fig.- 13. This plate 154 is provided with shoulders or teeth 155, the distance of which apart regulates the distance between the lines of the completed stencil sheet. These teeth 155 are adapted to strike against the plate, 156 secured to the base 20 of the machine by means of screws 15?, the upper end of said plate being turned over, as shown at 158, so as to form a detent for holding down the plate 2% which carries the dies 25 so as to prevent the dies from being sprung upwardly in case the punches should stick during the oper ation of the machine. The end of the rock shaft 151 is provided with a washer 159 which is adapted to come into contact with the rear face of the late 1556 and thus pre vent the feed table fi om being entirely dis engaged from the machine. The washer 159 is held in place by a nut 100. By removing the nut 1-60 and detaching the springs 150, the feed table can be entirely disengaged from the machine. shaft 151 is provided with a coil spring 162 which normally holds the shaft in posit to cause one of the teeth 155 to the plate 156. The rock shaft, however, may be turned by means of a handle 163 so to disengage the said teeth from the plate and allow the table to be moved either in or out loo on the stencil sheet.

The operation of my machine, briefly described. is as follows: When it is desired to liegin the formation of a stencil sheet, the handle 120 I lit and 111 cm the ratchet wheel 110 so that the carriage may move to the extreme right hand position. The feed table is also drawn out into the position shown in F 1 of the drawings. When the parts are in this position, the stencil sheet will be clamped between the plate 132 and the curved clamping member 133 and will be in proper position to begin the formation of the stencil. After moving the punch and die carrier by means of the hand wheel 38 so as to move the pointer 49 to indicate the proper character on the dial 47, the handle 59 is depressed. The depression of the handle 59 moves the cam plate 57 toward the left hand side of the machine. The movement of this cam plate 57 actuates the lever 74; through the Contact of its inclined end 76 with the roller 75. The movement of the lever 74.- is com-- municated through the link 73 to the pivthrough the beveled gear mechanism shown in detail in Fig. 16, to the rock shaft 96. This rock shaft 96 communicates movement through the link 10;) to the feeding mechanism contained within the casting 102. his

feeding mechanism advances the carriage its pivot by the contact of the inclined face The rock i rated to release the dog-s g.

toward the left hand space. Between words, it is desirable to make a space smaller than the space required for a letter. In order to accomplish this, I use the half space mechanism above described. In order to use the half space mechanism, the finger lever 63 is drawn up toward the handle 59 and at the same time the handle is depressed. This throws the link 65 into the path of the pin 66 so that the handle can be moved only a sufficient distance to advance the ratchet wheel 110 through a distance of one tooth instead of two teeth as in the normal opera tion of the machine. After one line of a stencil has been completed, the handle 120 is again operated to release the carriage and to allow it to move to its extreme right hand position and, at the same time, the handle 163 is operated to rotate the shaft 151 and thus allow the feeding table to move inwardly a distance equal to one line of the stencil. The above operation is now repeated.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent of the United States is 1. In a stencil cutting machine, the combination with a rotary punch and die carrying member, of a table movable toward and away from the said member, a laterally movable carriage carried by said table and adapted to present a. stencil sheet to the punch and die mechanism, and swiveled operating connections for said carriage, said connections being arranged below the feed plane of the stencil sheet.

2. In a stencil cutting machine, the combination with a rotary punch and die carrying member, of a table movable toward and away from said member, a laterally movable carriage carried by said table and adapted to present a stencil sheet to the punch and die mechanism, feeding mechanism for the carriage carried by said table, and swiveled operating connections for said feeding mechanism. I

3. In a stencil cutting machine, the combination with a rotary punch and die carrying member, of a table movable toward and away from said member, a laterally movable carriage carried by said table and adapted to present a stencil sheet to the punch and die member, feeding mechanism for the carriage carried by said table, and swiveled operating connections for said feeding'mechanism,- said operating connections making sliding connection with said feeding mechanism.

4:. In a stencil cutting machine, the combination with a rotary punch and die carrying member, of punches and dies carried by said member, a handle for operating said punches, a laterally movable carriage, bevel gearing, a link operated by said handle for actuating said bevel gearing, and swiveled connections operated from said beveled gearing for advancing said carriage.

5. In a stencil cutting machine, the combination with a rotary punch and die carrying member, of punches and dies carried by said member, a laterally movable carriage, a handle for operating the punches, bevel gearing operated from said handle, a rock shaft operated by said bevel gearing and adapted to telescope therewith, and driving mechanism for said carriage operated from said rock shaft.

6. In a stencil cutting machine, the combination with a rotary punch and die 'carrying member, of a table movable toward and away from said member, a laterally movable carriage carried by said table, feeding mechanism for said carriage carried by said table, and telescopic swiveled connections for operating said feeding mechanism.

7. In a stencil cutting machine, the combination with a rotary punch and die'carrying member, of a sliding plate for actuating the punches, a pivoted arm adapted to engage with one of the punches to center the punch and die carrying member, a lever adapted to engage with a cam face on saidsliding plate, and a link' connecting said lever and arm, whereby the latter is moved into engagement with one of the punches to center the punch and die carrying mechanism.

8. In a stencil cutting machine, the combination with a rotary punch and die carrying member, of a laterally movable carriage, a handle for actuating said carriage and .a punch, and means for limiting the movement of said handle to secure a half feed and also limiting the movement of the punch.

9. In a stencil cutting machine, the combination with a unch and die carrying member, of a laterally movable carriage, feeding mechanism. for said carriage including a ratchet wheel, a handle normally moving said ratchet wheel two teeth and also actuating a punch, and means for limiting the movement of said handle to move said wheel one tooth, whereby a half feed of the carriage is obtained and the movement of the punch is limited.

10. In a stencil cutting machine, the conr bination with a punch and die carrying member, of a laterally movable carriage, feeding mechanism for said carriage including a ratchet wheel, a handle normally moving said ratchet wheel two teeth, and a stop mechanism carried by the handle for limiting' its movement to actuate said ratchet wheel one tooth.

11. In a stencil cutting machine, the combination with a punch and die carrying member, of a laterally movable carriage, feeding mechanism for said carriage including a ratchet Wheel, a sliding plate for actumamas 'ating said ratchet wheel, said sliding plate normally actuating said ratchet wheel through two teeth,'a pivoted handle for actuating'said sliding plate, a detent adapted to be thrown into position to limit the movement of said handle whereby said ratchet 7 piece carried by the handle for controlling said detent.

12. In a stencil cutting machine, the combination with a punch and die carrying member, of alaterally movable carriage,-

feeding mechanism for said carriage including a ratchet wheel, a handle normally moving said ratchet Wheel two teeth, means for limiting the movement of said handle to move said ratchet wheel one tooth, a second ratchet, and automatic means engaging said second ratchet to prevent the rotation ofsaid first ratchet wheel more than two teeth. .13. In a stencil cutting machine, the combination-With a rotary punch and die carher, a second oscillatin rying member, of a table movable toward and away from said member, a laterally movable carriage mounted on said table and adapted to ,present a stencil sheet to the unch and die mechanism, a sliding plate or actuating the punches, 'a lever actuated from said sliding plate, an oscillating memmember driven from said first named oscillating member, a link connecting said first named oscillating member with saidjlever', feeding mechanism for said carriage carried by the table, a'rock shaft havin sliding connection with said second os'cil atm -member', andLmeans for driving'said "fee mg mechanisnffrom said rock shaft. wheel is moved but one tooth, and a finger" 14. In a stencil cutting machine, the combination with a rotary'punch and die carrying member, of a table movable toward and away from said member, a laterally movable carriage mounted onsaid table and adapted to present a stencil sheet to the unch and die mechanism, a sliding plate or actuating the punches, a lever actuated from said sliding plate, an oscillating member, a second oscillating member driven from said first named oscillating member, a link connecting said first named oscillating member with said lever, feeding mechanism for said carriage carried by the table, a rock shaft having sliding connection with said second oscillating member and pivotally connected to said table, and means for driving saidfeeding mechanism from said rock I shaft. s

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and afiixed my seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE REMNSNIDER. Witnesses:

W. A. ALEXANDER, G. M. SHORE.

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